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Russian
Etymology
до- (do-) + кати́ться (katítʹsja)
Pronunciation
Verb
докати́ться • (dokatítʹsja) pf (imperfective дока́тываться)
- to roll (to), to go rolling (to)
1898, Антон Чехов, Человек в футляре; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Man in the Case, 1918:Ле́стница была́ высо́кая, крута́я, но он докати́лся до́низу благополу́чно; встал и потро́гал себя́ за нос: це́лы ли очки́?- Léstnica bylá vysókaja, krutája, no on dokatílsja dónizu blagopolúčno; vstal i potrógal sebjá za nos: cély li očkí?
- The staircase was high and steep, but he rolled to the bottom unhurt, got up, and touched his nose to see whether his spectacles were all right.
- to reach
- (colloquial) (sounds) to roll, to thunder, to boom
- (colloquial, deprecative) to come down (to), to sink (into), to end up
- докати́ться до преступле́ния ― dokatítʹsja do prestuplénija ― to sink into crime
- докати́ться до тюрьмы ― dokatítʹsja do tjurʹmy ― to end up in jail
- вот до чего́ он докати́лся! ― vot do čevó on dokatílsja! ― that's what he has come down to!
Conjugation
Conjugation of докати́ться (class 4c perfective reflexive)